Artz started playing football at local amateur side
VEP. When he reached the age of 10, he started playing at the youth academy of
Feyenoord. Artz was capped several times as youth international. In the 2004–05 and 2005–06 season, Wouter Artz played for
Excelsior in
Eerste Divisie, where he in his last season became champions with his team.
Cercle Brugge In 2006, he moved to
Cercle Brugge, a team playing in the
Belgian First division. In his first season with the
Bruges side, Artz was tormented by injuries and as a consequence, he did not play a single match that season. In the beginning of
his second season, Artz was again not given many match minutes, much to the surprise of the supporters. Artz had to wait until the last match day to make his first appearance. Artz started the match against
Charleroi SC. His contract with Cercle ended in 2009 and was not renewed, he only made 2 more first team appearances in the
2008-09 season. On 11 July 2009
FC Volendam signed the former
Cercle Brugge defender on a free transfer for a year with an option for another year, only for him to return to Belgium to play for
Dender. He retired in 2013 due to persistent injuries. ==References==